Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 18, 2026
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Boost for Woodside’s Browse LNG project as Japan firm inks deal (opens the original)
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Osaka Gas has inked a deal to buy into the Woodside-led Browse LNG venture, providing further evidence of sharpened appetite in Japan – the world’s biggest importer of LNG – for new Australian supplies amid doubts about future exports from the conflict-torn Middle East. The major Japanese utility will buy a 5 per cent stake in the proposed $30 billion-plus LNG venture off Western Australia from BP, just three months after the British multinational sold a similar 5 per cent holding to South Korea
Big battery for big super: Aware to help keep Victoria’s lights on (opens the original)
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Industry superannuation giant Aware Super has linked with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) and a renewables developer to jump-start construction on the state’s longest-duration battery, intended to help keep the lights on after the closure of the coal-fired Yallourn power station. The Baranduda battery near Wodonga will cost about $700 million and is the first large-scale energy project for Aware and partner Birdwood Energy since they set up a joint energy investment platform
Government agencies on notice amid global fuel supply uncertainty (opens the original)
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The Albanese government has put the public service on notice that it must be prepared to limit diesel use and get fuel to where it is most needed if shortages emerge, as a long conflict in the Middle East continues and major suppliers consider implementing export restrictions. Government agencies were last week issued with details of Level 3 restrictions under the national fuel security plan, outlining what would happen in case supply was disrupted. Those restrictions have never been triggered a
Sodium batteries to upend lithium dominance in storage: CATL (opens the original)
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The world’s biggest battery maker has predicted that sodium-based batteries will steal a big chunk of the booming energy storage market as they become increasingly cost-competitive, potentially putting downward pressure on Australia’s $10 billion lithium export trade. CATL Australia chairman John Kwon told the Australian Financial Review Asia Summit that sodium-ion batteries would probably match lithium-ion batteries on costs by early next year. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month wh
Mark Cutifani quits Woodside board and joins Northern Star (opens the original)
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Mark Cutifani, a one-time lead candidate to replace Richard Goyder as chairman of Woodside, has quit the board of the country’s largest oil and gas producer. The sudden departure comes just six months after the former Anglo American chief executive was appointed to the Woodside board, where he was immediately regarded as the probable successor to Goyder, who said he would step down as chairman by the 2027 annual general meeting. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
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